Construction is under way on a new early childhood center (ECC) at the site of PS 94X, 3530 Kings College Place in the Bronx.

The project was designed by Gran Kriegel Associates on behalf of the New York City School Construction Authority. Citnalta Construction Corp. of Bohemia, New York is serving as the general contractor.

The Bronx center is among the first schools in New York City to have been designed in compliance with Local Law 86, following the NYC Green Schools Guide and Rating System. This system is based on the LEED Green Building Rating System, and was deemed equivalent for the purposes of Local Law 86. The new ECC, which will serve pre-K through 3rd grade students, will be the equivalent of a LEED silver facility.

HOK and Biomimicry Guild Form Alliance to Integrate Nature's Innovations in the Design of Buildings, Communities and Cities Worldwide. Relationship will expand mainstream application of bio-inspired design; projects under way in India, with developing opportunities in North America and The Middle East.
 
HOK and the Biomimicry Guild have forged a first-of-its-kind alliance linking the natural and built environment. This exclusive relationship between one of the world's largest architectural design firms and the only bio-inspired innovation company will integrate nature's innovations in the planning and design of buildings, communities and cities worldwide.

A project to convert a former court house located at 283 Adams Street in downtown Brooklyn into two 500-seat high schools has been completed.

The project was designed by Gran Kriegel Associates on behalf of the New York City School Construction Authority.  The original court building, dating back to 1951, contains 140,000 square feet of space built around a central core.  The interior was completely gutted and reconfigured to accommodate the new schools, the Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice, and Urban Assembly School of Math and Science for Young Women.

This six-meter (20 ft) tall glass sculpture, located on the roundabout of the intersection between the highway B10/ K 1404 in Eislingen, Germany has just been completed.

The design company Atelier H-2-A had won the 1st price for the competition intitled "In the sea before our times".

 



MulvannyG2 Architecture recently designed a high-tech business park in Shanghai which was completed this month. Located in a 2.5 million-square-foot ecological green area surrounded by mountains and water, the Park provides an appealing work oasis for a growing number of high-tech businesses in China.



The Shanghai Corporation Business Headquarters Park was constructed by developer Xingyue Investment Group. As one of Shanghai’s largest and most advanced office parks, it is intended to be a magnet for international and local high-tech firms, similar to the Zhangjiang Semiconductor Research Park designed by MulvannyG2 last year, in Shanghai.

The John T. Gregorio Towers, a seven-story, 78-unit senior housing project in Linden, New Jersey, designed by Gran Kriegel Associates, has been completed.

A development of the City of Linden Housing Corporation, the project is named for former Linden mayor John T. Gregorio.  The building is located in a residential neighborhood overlooking a public park

The Department of Design and Construction for the City of New York has awarded a contract to Swanke Hayden Connell Architects (SHCA) for design services related to the rehabilitation of three health centers run by the NYC Department of Health that are located in landmark quality buildings.

The facilities include:
Astoria District Health Center (ca. 1935) – landmark quality Classical Revival building in Astoria, Queens.
Bedford District Health Center (1950) – landmark quality Modern/Art Deco building in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn.

The Best of LA Architecture Applauded

From the first LEED Platinum museum in the world to an inner-city public library, the projects awarded by the American Institute of Architects, Los Angeles (AIA/LA), reveal a wealth of superlative design talent. 

  Water + Life Museums and Campus, Hemet, CA ; Lehrer + Gangi Design + Build

Twenty-five awards were given to Los Angeles-based architects for both built and un-built projects during a ceremony at the new Broad Contemporary Art Museum (BCAM) at Los Angeles County Art Museum (LACMA), held on June 4, 2008.  In addition, the AIA/LA Presidential Honors, as well as the Cultural Affairs Commission Architecture Awards were announced. 

Known to be one of the most competitive in the country, the annual AIA/LA awards program includes the Design Awards for built projects by Los Angeles architects, and the NEXT LA Awards for work that is unbuilt.